Rye and Toasted Oat Sourdough Brotchen
- 120 g rye flour
- 120 ml water
- 12 g rye sourdough mother/starter
- 70 g rolled oats or flakes
- 275 g bread flour
- 185 ml water
- 12 g honey or molasses
- 9 g salt
- Mix the rye, water and sourdough starter.
- Cover and let sit for about 20 hours at room temperature.
- After the 20 hours, lightly toast the oats in a dry frying pan.
- Be careful not to burn.
- Set aside in a small bowl for now.
- Except the oats, mix the remaining ingredients into the rye sourdough mixture.
- Mix until the dough comes together then remove to a floured surface to knead.
- Knead for at least 15-17 minutes.
- The dough should.
- Be smooth and elastic.
- Fold and knead in the oats in batches.
- After all oats have been incorporated, knead for 1 more minute.
- Form into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 3 hours.
- After 3 hours it should be noticeably bigger in size.
- Remove dough to a floured surface and divide into 8 equal pieces.
- Form each piece into round roll.
- Dust each roll with rye flour and cover in a baking cloth or tea towel to rise for 1 more hour.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 230C/450F.
- Place a shallow pan on the bottom rack while preheating (you'll add boiling water to this later to create steam).
- After 1 hour of rising, arrange the rolls on a baking sheet with the creases at the bottom.
- Pour some boiling water into the shallow pan in the oven to create steam, the immediately put in the rolls.
- Bake for 20 minutes, removing the steam pan after 10 minutes.
- Let cool on a rack.
flour, water, starter, rolled oats, bread flour, water, honey, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/250189-rye-and-toasted-oat-sourdough-brotchen (may not work)